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<br />Hamilton vs. Jefferson <br />DIFFERING LAND <br />DISPOSAL PHILOSOPHY <br /> <br /> <br />Although Ale....lndl.r H,lmiltol1 <br /><lnJ Thllm<l~ Jefferson <br />champIoned wiJl'ly Jivl'rgent <br />VIl'WS ,lbllut the roll' of the public <br />dum.1Ift in tht, NJtion's future, both <br />men thought that all public lanJ <br />wuuld l'vl'ntu.llly pass into private <br />UWlll'f!:>hlp. <br /> <br />Hillnilton wanted to sell public (,mo <br />tu f<list' Federdl revenue. Jefferson <br />favored.l more liberal disposal polit.y <br />Jnd advoc.Hed giving parrels of public <br />land to IJndless citizens based lln <br />nt'ed. Prior to 18b2 the H.1J1liltoniJIl <br />view prevailed, then Cungn'ss passed <br />I hl' Homestead Act - in tended to <br />providl> land to any settler who was <br />willing to live on the land Jnd bring <br />virgll1 sod under cultivJtion, <br />There was sound reasoning behind <br />the dispOSid philosophy d5 long ,lS <br />there WdS Jll abundallce of Jgricul- <br />turallJnJ in thl' publicJomain or lanJ <br />that could profitably be put to private <br />ust.'. In the years that followt,J the <br /> <br /> <br />o <br />c' <br />C' <br />_J <br />C;;' <br />C-> <br /> <br />l\evollltlOIl ,lfH. own 10 rl'i,llivPly <br />fc{"('nt tllnes, Congress h,lS l'I1.1dl'J <br />m,IIlY 1,1\'\'5 pl'rLlinlllg tll the Jlspos,ll <br />of the pubhl Jotll.lin.1t \\',l~ the intl'nt <br />of thl':>l' 1.1\\'s 10 l'IHllllr.1gt' <br />developmellt ,lIlJ "l'ttll'l1ll'llt III till' <br />Sp<1fSe1y Of lI11sl'ttll'J .lfl',lS oj Ihl' <br />N.ltioll. <br />